An almighty bunch of trivia for the US release day, the first two dedicated to our Australian contingent.
"Rockin' the Suburbs" (the album) was mostly recorded in an old church in Adelaide #BenFoldsFacts
Ben Folds first learned "Tiny Dancer" for a live duet with Elton John in Australia, which never happened because Ben got ill #BenFoldsFacts
Nick Hornby wrote lyrics for the music that became "Kylie from Connecticut" about Elvis' comeback. They remain unused #BenFoldsFacts
The "Fear of Pop World Tour" comprised of only one date: an appearance on the Conan O'Brian show #BenFoldsFacts
The girl in the "Brick" video is Ariana Richards, who played Alex "Lex" Murphy -- the little girl -- in "Jurassic Park" #BenFoldsFacts
The famous phone ringing during "Steven's Last Night in Town" was one of Ben's friends calling from Minnesota. #BenFoldsFacts
The car on the front of 'Super D' is a 64 Buick Electra. #BenFoldsFacts
Ben Folds Five did a Levi's ad, appearing on a huge billboard with the slogan "Home is where you left your keys" #BenFoldsFacts
The Japanese version of "Song for the Dumped" is known as "Kane Kaese" which translates as "Return the money" #BenFoldsFacts <- dedicated to makiko
BFF's version of Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head is in F# because @BenFolds didn't want Burt to know they hadn't practised #BenFoldsFacts
(Burt was arranging the strings and called to ask which key they were playing it in. Having not practised it yet, Ben blurted out "F#")
Stood behind @alyankovic & @BenFolds in the Rockin' the Suburbs vid is John McCrea of Cake who did vocals for Fred Jones pt 2 #BenFoldsFacts
The orangutan in the original "Landed" video is called Bam Bam, who also played the nurse "Precious" in NBC show "Passions" #BenFoldsFacts
Bam Bam is now retired from showbiz, but you can help him enjoy his retirement here:
http://www.centerforgreatapes.org/residents-details.aspx?id=2The Australian spoken-word part of "Girl" is Ben's then brother-in-law Andrew Hynes, a fact alluded to in "One Down" #BenFoldsFacts
Despite being twins, Ben's kids Louis & Gracie were born at 11:04pm & 1:54am respectively, giving them different birthdays #BenFoldsFacts (also different zodiac signs!)
Ben said that he first felt successful when he stopped having to move his own tour piano. #BenFoldsFacts
Ben was once taken to a child psychologist for his habit of smashing vinyl he didn't like, & running around ones he did. #BenFoldsFacts
The video for "Rockin' the Suburbs" contains the subliminal message "Korn Sucks" after they dissed BFF in SPIN magazine. #BenFoldsFacts
The person calling @BenFolds a "F*cking assh*le" on WAEA's hidden track is Leo Overtoom, BFF's production manager #BenFoldsFacts
The photographs on the insert of "Naked Baby Photos" were arranged by Robert Sledge #BenFoldsFacts
Episode 5 of Japanese soap opera "Long Vacation" revolved around characters going (and not going) to a Ben Folds Five show #BenFoldsFacts
Ross & Frank, who hold hands in "Where's Summer B?", are two critics who wrote unfavourable reviews. #BenFoldsFacts
Later pressings of WAEA had the argument before Song for the Dumped edited out because it was real & raised bad memories #BenFoldsFacts
BFF's self-titled has no audible swears apart from the tape version. It contains the extra line "so f*ck you" on Uncle Walter #BenFoldsFacts
For a long time, @BenFolds considered himself to be a drummer, not a pianist #BenFoldsFacts
If you listen closely to Brick you can hear a hammond organ being played by producer Caleb Southern #BenFoldsFacts
~A, who remembers all this but recalls very little about his degree.